have you ever read a true crime book that made you feel sick with every page you turned we all have our own limits when it comes to handling disturbing content but this case truly left me speechless it was so horrifying that most Japanese media didn't even want to report it in full the case was considered so shocking and bizarre that Japan's top prosecutors said there was nothing like it in the country's criminal history this is the disturbance story of futoshi [Music] Matsunaga it all started in March 1994 when a woman was found dead under mysterious circumstances in her own home the details of her death were kept Under Wraps but her family quickly called the police and an investigation began they suspected a man close to her the same man she left her husband for and who might have been involved in her child's death in 1993 that man was Hut Matsunaga who introduced a woman named junko as his sister but with no strong evidence the police couldn't arrest them and hosi and junko seemed to vanish after that fast forward to March 6 2002 when a young girl showed up at a police station in a terrible State she was covered in wounds and bruises wearing diapers and clearly traumatized though she was about 17 she was so thin that she looked like a child she told the police everything she'd been through and when they asked who was responsible she named hosi matsunaka soon after hosi and junko tried to claim the girl insisting she was their sister who needed special care but the police having seen the girl's condition and knowing her story arrested them both and as it turned out the truth was even worse than they imagined so who exactly are hosim matsunaka and Jun ukata and why would they commit such horrible acts to understand that let's take a look at hui's early life Hui Matsunaga was born in the kokura ward of kagu city in Huka prefecture and later moved to yanagawa where he grew up as a kid hosi seemed pretty normal he was one of the best looking students did well in school and had a Charming personality but he used these traits in a Twisted way in instead of the typical bullying he manipulated other students convincing them to lend him money by pretending to be their friend he was also known for having some unusual behavior toward girls which eventually got him expelled from high school when it was discovered he was involved with a Junior High student despite all this he got married at 19 and had a son even though he was married hosi didn't stick to just one relationship he was known for having numerous Affairs and had at least 10 Mistresses it was around October 1983 while still married that he met junko oata a former High School classmate from yanagawa junko was born in kurum Huka prefecture into a wealthy family she was quiet and had a gentle nature which led her to become a preschool teacher though she and hosi went to the same school they didn't really know each other back then according to her co-workers junko was kind and caring reflecting her upper class upbringing their relationship started after hushi came across junko's picture in an old graduation album and decided to pursue her at first junko felt pressured by hosi but she eventually gave in to his sweet talk and got involved with them however their relationship was far from romantic you might think think hushi would treat his mistress well but that wasn't the case shunko who had never been in a relationship before was constantly Accused by hushi of cheating even though there was no basis for his suspicions this led to him abusing her both mentally and physically he would hit her force her to kneel and eat food off his foot and even branded his name on her chest and forced her to tattoo it on her thigh despite all the abuse junko stayed with him and they eventually had two sons together hosi didn't limit his abuse to chunko he also tormented his own wife he threw a lavish party at his house inviting several women he had affairs with including junko this blatant disrespect and ongoing abuse pushed his wife to her breaking point and she eventually fled with her children hushi searched for them but thankfully never found them soon after she filed for a divorce in 1984 hosi proposed to chunko but her family rejected the idea insisting that he was not the right person for her they were aware of the abuse she suffered but felt helpless to protect her it was even reported that junko's parents offered hushi money to leave her alone enraged by the rejection hushi sexually abused junko's mother she Miata he then Twisted the situation telling chunko that her mother had tried to seduce him and that he only hit her because of that by this time after years of manipulation and abuse hushi had a strong psychological hold on junko convincing her to leave her family and live with him that same year hushi bought a building and started a tadami business which later turned into a futon business while the business itself seemed successful hui's treatment of his employees was anything but normal he had a bizarre habit of running up to them screaming about a spirit behind them that was supposedly draining their fortune and then shocking them with a stun gun this Disturbing Behavior took place on the building's thirdd floor where he often referenced religious Concepts like Sam Zara and Kami the exact reasons Behind these actions were unclear he simply seemed to enjoy using his stun gun while laughing like a maniac hui's role as a CEO was equally strange he didn't seem to care about the actual business operations leading people to suspect that the futon business was just a front for money laundering by that time hushi had already swindled around 180 million yen through fraud and blackmail fushi was pretty crafty he used different names and identities to approach different people sometimes pretending to be a university lecturer he just pick whatever background sounded impressive at the time his scams eventually landed him on Japan's most wanted list while hiding from the police hushi and junko moved to kokuru and started living under the name Hashimoto family in a condominium their first victim in this new life was a mother of three hushi introduced himself to her as a wealthy single man living with his sister over time the woman fell for hushi and by 1993 he convinced her to leave her husband and take her three kids with her to be with him tragically in September of that same year one of her children died under mysterious circumstances the official report that it was due to undisclosed medical problems then in March 19 94 the mother took her own life the police investigation revealed that she had eaten her own feces before her death adding to the bizarre nature of the case during their relationship hosi managed to Swindle 11.8 million yen from the woman through manipulation and blackmail after her death the police found that she had been regularly sending money to someone which led them to hushi but but without solid proof and with hushi refusing to cooperate with the investigation he managed to escape punishment once again with their history of getting away with murder they were gaining a reputation in the criminal underworld but by this time hush's finances were in bad shape desperate for money they needed to find another victim their next victim was an old acquaintance named Kumo TOA and his daughter whose name was never revealed field so let's call her a hushi had known Taya since his days in the tadami business they were fairly close and often went out drinking together after work TOA had a bit of a drinking problem and when he got drunk he would sometimes share things he probably shouldn't have like details about his past criminal activities and the fact that he was being chased by lone sharks hosi always the opportunist took note of everything after some time hosi used this information to Blackmail Taya then one day hosi and junko decided to move in with the Taya family hushi told Taya that they would be living with him from now on and because of the blackmail Taya felt he had no choice but to let them in this marked the start of one of the most horrific crimes in Japan's history from the start Hui began spreading rumors and gossip between Taya and his daughter a trying to turn them against each other he didn't stop at emotional and mental abuse he also physically tortured them using electric shocks hushi even forced them to fight each other threatening to electrocute them with his stun gun if they didn't in one particularly cruel incident he told a to punch her father as hard as she could an act that deeply scarred her who and junko controlled nearly every aspect of Taya and A's lives they were only allowed to eat small amounts of food each day and their sleep was restricted to just 3 hours a night they even had their movement in the house limited H and chunko spread cardboard on certain areas of the floor and told them they could only step on those spots at that time a was still in school but the constant abuse took a severe toll on her mental health leaving lasting damage Hui was said to have forced TOA and a to commit a sexual act in front of him he took some pictures and laughed as if he had watched something funny the torture went on for about 2 years during the winter huten chunko forced TOA and his daughter to stay in the bathroom while they sprayed them with cold water TOA was made to stand the entire time and if he couldn't he'd be beaten they also had strict rules about using the bathroom TOA and a had designated times to relieve themselves and were forced to use a bowl or glass instead of the actual toilet if they messed up or any excrement fell on the floor they were made to eat it hushi documented all of this for his own Twisted Amusement after enduring all this abuse tor eventually couldn't take it anymore and on February 26 1996 he died at the age of 34 hushi then manipulated a into believing she had killed her own father even making her write a confession letter that night neighbors complained about strange machine noises and a foul odor coming from the house but no one reported it to the police hosi later instructed chunko and a to dispose of toa's remains but before they did H and chunko made a stew from some of the remains and forced a to drink the broth after that they ground the body parts and threw them into the sea near the kunisaki peninsula soon after hushi set his sights on his next Target a woman who was an acquaintance of TOA he introduced himself as junko's older brother brother and even claimed to be A's Uncle it didn't take long for him to gain her trust and within less than a year they were already talking about marriage but true to his nature futui scammed her out of 5.6 million yen at some point Hui invited the woman and her daughter to visit him and not suspecting anything they agreed once they arrived he held them captive for about 7 months during that time they went through the same kind of abuse hushi had inflicted on his previous victims including electric shocks and emotional manipulation the woman eventually couldn't take it anymore and escaped by jumping from a second floor window in March 1997 she ended up in a mental hospital and her daughter was eventually released by the time the police got wind of what happened hushi junko and a had disappeared the following month junko was reported missing after leaving home for work hushi tried to contact her and even blackmailed her mother shizumi over the 1985 assault despite all his efforts Junu remained missing so hushi faked his own death to lure her back while waiting for her return he stayed in touch with her family and even assaulted junko's married sister REO he manipulated junko's family and managed to extort 63 million yen from them eventually junko returned home and she hushi and a stayed with her family for a while continuing their cycle of abuse while living there hushi decided to make things even more Twisted by setting up strict rules for the okata family he rationed their food allowing them to eat only one once a day with meals consisting of bread that required no preparation if they were slow to start eating or took longer than 8 minutes they'd be shocked with a stun gun which hushi referred to as getting energized he even dragged dea's husband who was a police officer and her two children into this nightmare the family felt helpless because hushi had blackmail material on them involving junko's past crime times withi also introduced a ranking system where each family member was ranked daily and the person with the lowest rank would be punished this system made the family turn against each other on December 21st 1997 hushi forced chunko to use his stun gun on her 61-year-old father Takashi eventually leading to his death as her mother shisami began to suffer mentally and make noise at at night hushi became increasingly irritated on January 20th 1998 hushi ordered yako her sister and her husband kazia to strangle shizumi which they did not long after just a few weeks later hushi forced kazia to strangle his wife rako while their 10-year-old daughter Aya was made to hold her down but Hui didn't stop there he locked Kaz in a bathroom and starved him until he died around April 13th 1998 and after that Hui forced junko and Aya to kill Ado's 5-year-old son Yuki who was also Aya's little brother during the trial a testified that hutan chunko had tortured Aya with electric shocks however chunko story deferred she claimed that a killed a on June 7th 1998 and that A's testimony was just her confused recollection stemming from guilt over committing her first murder hushi and chunko were also said to have dismembered their victims and boiled the body parts in a large pot some reports even suggested they used a blender before disposing of the remains in the washroom or at Sea hushi tried to shift the blame onto chunko who was the only surviving member of the AATA family besides their two children the horror didn't end there in Ju 2000 hushi convinced another woman to run away with him luring her with a promise of marriage by August 2001 she had handed over her twin children to hosi and junko and he demanded 20 million yen from her if she wanted to get them back despite their ability to evade capture for so long everything unraveled because of a Kumo taya's daughter who had been held captive for 6 years before finally escaping from hosi even though she was said to have killed Aya a herself wasn't spared from hosi and Chun CO's abuse she was kept on a starvation diet forced to wear diapers and denied proper clothing when she finally gathered enough strength and courage she fled to the police station to report everything she had endured on March 6 2002 a made her escape the next day huian chunko tried to retrieve her but were arrested instead initially they were only charged with holding a captive however as a began to open up the true extent of their crimes came to light the details were so disturbing that even the biggest media outlets in Japan hesitated to report them in full it's said that what we know today is only a fraction of what actually happened hushi and junko were charged with seven murders in trials that took place from 2002 to 2003 no charges were brought against toa's daughter a because the court recognized her as another victim chunko calmly confessed her a role in The Murders showing almost no remorse while hushi insisted that chunko had fabricated the stories about him a Japanese writer masayoshi toyoda even supported chunko and cast out on the trial in a book he published in November 2005 despite the confessions police never recovered any human remains and found no physical evidence on September 28th 2005 the kukura branch of the Hoka District Court sentenced hosi and chunko to death by hanging they appealed the verdict and 2 years later on September 26th 2007 the court upheld hushi sentence but reduced chunko to life imprisonment acknowledging that hushi had exerted control over her on December 12th 2011 hushi tried to appeal to the Supreme Court but his request was rejected and his death sentence was confirmed even though the perpet trators received their sentences the scars remain a had to undergo extensive treatment to recover her mental state hushi and chunu Son also has to live with the stigma of being the child of a murderer this case has been adapted into several Works including the movie The Forest of Love released in 2019 and books including Naz Kazaa which translates to why did the family kill each other by daki released in 2005 this case is particularly disturbing because hushi himself never directly killed anyone he manipulated others into doing it for him it remains one of the most horrifying and bizarre crimes in Japan's history our thoughts are with the victims and their surviving families who went through unimaginable pain and suffering that's all for today thanks for watching 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